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Definitions and use in context: phung po - skandhas, psycho-physical constituents, bodies, aggregates, mental & physical aggregates, body-mind, corpse

ordinary perception of unenlightened beings. The apprehension of phenomena in terms of subject (consciousness) and object (mental images and the outer world)

sku gnyis - the two kayas/ bodies of a buddha [IW] sku gnyis - the two kayas/ bodies of a buddha [1] {gzugs sku} [rupakaya] Form body 2] the body of reality

Jigme Trinley Ozer is like the Sun to the lineage of Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa Being the foremost of all the ocean-like retinue of students and principal holder

klu sgrub kyi thugs sras bdun - The seven spiritual sons of Nagarjuna. 1) {sha kya mi tra}. Sakyamitra. 2) {na ga bo dhi}. Nagabodhi 3) 'phags pa lha}

kun tu bzang po - Samantabhadra. The 'Ever-excellent One.' 1) The primordial dharmakaya buddha. 2) The bodhisattva Samantabhadra used as the example for

gru 'dzin - Potala. 1) The pure land of Avalokiteshvara. Also {ri bo gru 'dzin} [RY] gru 'dzin - 1) rudder [that which can direct, "hold" the boat / also

rdo rje'i gsung - vajra speech, vajra words [RY] rdo rje'i gsung 'khrul med - unmistaken vajra speech [RY] pad ma 'byung gnas - In his Pond of White Lotus

Yumkha Dechen Gyalmo The Queen of Great Bliss yum mkha' bde chen rgyal mo ཡུམ་མཁའ་བདེ་ཆེན་རྒྱལ་མོ། The Queen of Great Bliss is the Dakini practice from

good kalpa, golden age [IW] Paltrul Rinpoche: bskal pa 'di ma chags pa'i sngon rol du stong gsum thams cad chu'i rgya mtsho chen po gcig tu gyur te yod

Lord of Death (gshin rje). 1) A personification of impermanence and the unfailing law of cause and effect. 2) ('chi bdag) The demon with this name is one

'bras bu - fruition. The result, usually the end of a spiritual path. One of the three levels of enlightenment of a shravaka, pratyekabuddha or bodhisattva

'jam pal dbyangs - Manjushri/ Manjugosha [IW] 'jam pal dbyangs - Manjushri, Manjugosha [RY] 'jam dbyang - Manjugosha [gentle voiced one] [IW] 'jam dbyangs

The Vehicles, or methods and modes of teaching. Levels of application of these teachings. RWB

Bodhi; bodhi; byang chub - Bodhi. Enlightenment, awakening, state of realization. See also 'enlightenment.' [RY] byang chub - enlightenment [thd] byang

Drikung Kagyu Dzogchen Terma Teachings The Very Profound Vision (Yang Zab) The Yang Zab (The practices of the Very Profound Vision) is regarded as supreme

Root guru (rtsa ba'i bla ma). A practitioner of Vajrayana can have several types of root guru: the vajra master who confers empowerment, who bestows reading

kun gzhi'i rnam shes - alayavijnana [one of the 8 consciousnesses, unobscured or neutral [by intrinsic good or bad karma in particular] {ma bsgribs lung

rgyu 'bras kyi theg pa - rgyu dang 'bras bu'i theg pa - causal and resultant vehicles. The teachings of Hinayana and Mahayana which regard practices of

Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery (bka' snying bshad sgrub gling). Tulku Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche's monastery in Boudhanath, Nepal. The name means 'sanctuary